POETRY. I stood upon a smooth and shelving beach And disappear'd beneath the wat❜ry whelming, Beyond the wave, where white rob'd forms of pleasure The breeze had died away, and vivid forms On the smooth, bright surface of the water; And orchards richest laden with ripe fruit And rivulets whose waters were most limpid, Whose currents roll'd most swiftly, soonest failing; OROLO. THE HYMN OF THE CHURCH FOR THE DEAD. The dreadful day, the day of ire, How great the trembling and the fear, Nature and death shall see amazed, Then shall the awful book come forth, And guilty sinner's doom. He shall be judge, whose piercing sight And leaves nò thought concealed, Where then shall be the sinner's place, Tremendous monarch! source of grace, With those thou savest free : Thou soughtest me at Sichar's well, O righteous Judge! 'tis thine to spare, Conscious of guilt, I sigh and groan, Let my unworthy prayer be heard, From hell's dark dreadful land: When sinners on that day shall know Call me to bliss above: My contrite heart to thee I bend, A fearful day,-a day of tears- Spare me then Lord! receive my prayer, Grant them eternal rest.-Amen. F. C. H. MONTHLY INTELLIGENCE. ROME. 10000000 Oct. 6. THE CORONATION OF THE NEW POPE took place yesterday, in the Basilic of St. Peter. This great solemnity was ushered in at day break,by a discharge of the cannon at the Castle of St Angelo. At eight o'clock in the morning the cardinals repaired to the robing-room, where the holy father arrived half an hour after, and was immediately attired in his pontifical robes by cardinals Ruffo and Consalvi. His holiness then proceeded to the ducal hall, whence he was carried to his throne by twelve men, clothed and armed in the ancient manner. Before the cardinals, were the assistant prelates of the pontifical throne in procession; next the prelates of the Rota, and of St. Peter, then the prothonotaries, the chaplain of his holiness, and the officers of the court. This splendid procession at length reached the immense portico of the Basilic of St. Peter, where a temporary throne was erected, which faced the sacred gate, and opposite this throne seats were prepared for the cardinals. The pope being seated, cardinal Galeffi requested that his holiness would admit the clergy to kiss his feet. After this ceremony the procession entered the church, and the pontiff was conducted to the chapel of St. Gregory, where he was invested with the pontifical ring by the cardinal dean. After Tierce had been sung, the attendants proceeded to the papal chapel, underneath which was the throne. The chaplains and non-assistant prelates walked first headed by a Greek prelate, who was attended by his dean and sub-dean. One of the masters of the ceremonies burnt a lighted torch before the holy father, three times exclaiming, Pater sancte! sic transit gloria mundi. When the Confiteor was ended, the first cardinal dean presented the pallium to the pope, ssying, Accipe pallium scilicet plenitudinum pontificalis officii, ad honorem omnipotentis Dei et gloriosissimæ Virginis Mariæ matris ejus et B. B. apostolorum Petri et Pauli, S. R. E. During mass, the cardinals and bishops repeated their homage to the holy father, who ascended his throne during the time of communion, and received the sacred host and chalice from one of the cardinals. When mass was concluded, his holiness ascended his temporary throne, and the cardinal archpriest of St. Peter's presented him a purse containing twenty-five pieces of gold according to the usage of antiquity, pro missa bene cantata. Three mitres studded with jewels were exhibited on the altar during mass by the gospel side, and two tiaras by the side of the epistle. After mass, one of the mitres and one of the tiaras was carried to the place of St. Peter, and shortly after the sovereign pontif appeared, when Corona aurea super caput ejus was chanted, the cardinal dean sung Omnipotens sempiterne Deus dignitatis sacerdotii, and the second cardinal dean took the mitre from off the head of his holiness, when the tiara was first placed upon his head, and the following words repeated, Accipe Thiaram tribus coronis ornatam, et scias te esse patrem principium et regnum rectorem orbis, in terra vicarium salvatoris N. Š. J. C. cui est honor et gloria, a secula seculorum. After this the pope rose and pronounced his benediction, Urbi et orbi. The two cardinal deacons read his brief of indulgencies upon this occasion; his holiness again repeated his benediction, and both the coronation and benediction was an nounced by discharges of artillery and the ringing of bells. In the evening His the whole city was illuminated. holiness had previously desired that the amount of the expence, hitherto required to illuminate the dome of St. Peter's, and light up the girandole, should be bestowed upon the poor, consequently very abundant alms were distributed on the day previous to the coronation. On the fifteenth the sovereign pontif went out for the first time after his coronation; he visited several churches and took an airing in the country, beyond the gate of St. Pancras. On the sixteenth, the news of the deliverance of the king of Spain arrived, which was immediately officially announced to the holy father by the French ambassador. And on Sunday the 19th of Nov. all the cardinals who were still in Rome proceeded to the church of St. John of Lateran in their state carriages, the Duke de Laval Montmorency was followed by a retinue of twelve carriages. The holy father himself arrived about the same time, in company with cardinal Clermont Tonnerre, a French cardinal, and Bardaxi de Azara, a Spanish cardinal, both of whom he had conducted to the church in his own carriage. He spent a short time in prayer, then entoned the Te Deum, which was followed by the Tantum ergo and benediction. IRELAND. Bushe, The Reverend William rector of St. George's parish, Dublin, has very charitably undertaken to convert all his catholic parishioners, by proving to them that their creed is erroneous, and that it leads to certain perdition; while he undertakes to shew the consistency of Protestantism, which, according to him, must infallibly conduct its professors to eternal bliss. To accomplish this pious work he has addressed from Hardwicke-place, a circular to the catholics : of his parish in this production he seems to think that the task which he has imposed upon himself is by no means difficult, and that if his parishioners will kindly condescend to visit his protestant church, and listen to his empty declamations on the fifth of November, and on every other alternate Wednesday, they must inevitably become staunch protestants, hating popery and its abettors--Poor man! such folly would be inexcusable even in a sectarian, what must it then be, in a clergyman of the established church, who one would imagine must know something of the principles of his religion. DUBLIN, Nov. 11.--COURt of CHANCERY.-Commissioners of Charities. versus Executors of Reade. This case of great importance to the feelings and religious opinions of the great body of his Majesty's Irish Roman Catholic subjects was decided yesterday. The question was, whether a bequest of a sum of money to say masses for the soul of the testator, was a legal bequest or not. This question was argued before Master Henn, by Mr. O'Connell and Mr. Creuse, on behalf of the bequest, and by Mr. Blaker on behalf of the Commissioners: Master Henn reported, that the bequest was legal.-To this report exceptions were taken on behalf of the Commissioners of Charitable Bequests, and the point was argued before the Lord Chancellor in the absence of the Attorney General by the Solicitor General, and by Mr Saurin and Mr. Blaker, who strongly contended for the illegality of the bequest; they were replied to by Mr. Creuse, in a very able argument. The Lord Chancellor yesterday gave judgment affirming the Bequest; and in that judgment the Attorney General declared his consent. A resolution was lately passed at a meeting of the Irish Catholic Association, That a plot of ground be purchased without the city of Dublin, for |